Unit 1: News Review
How to use the language from the latest news stories
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Session 7
An audit in the UK shows people's race affects their life chances. Neil and Dan teach you how to use language in the news in your everyday English.
Activity 1
News Review
Racial inequality in the UK
A person's race has an impact on their life chances in areas such as health, education, and criminal justice. Those are the results of an audit which has been published in the UK.
Language challenge
There's an idiom using 'bare' which means 'to tell someone your secret thoughts or feelings'. What is it?
a) bare your soul
b) bare your heart
c) both of these
Watch the video and complete the activity

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The story
Theresa May will today challenge public bodies to explain or change sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and criminal justice.
She's launching the results of the government's racial disparities audit.
Key words and phrases
take action on
begin to do something to solve a problem
lays bare
makes something known which was hidden
glaring
obviously bad or wrong
To do
Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.
News Review quiz
3 Questions
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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begin to do something to solve a problemQuestion 1 of 3
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Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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obviously badQuestion 2 of 3
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Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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made something known that was hiddenQuestion 3 of 3
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